Extras

A note to CapTon watchers and SoP readers: Due to the holiday, there will be no shows either tomorrow night or Friday. Also, blogging will be light through the weekend. Happy Thanksgiving to all. Here are some headlines to peruse before you hit the kitchen – or the road – to prepare for the big meal…

President Obama returned from Asia in time to pardon this year’s lucky turkeys, Cobbler and Gobbler, and mentioned “second chances” in his remarks, which could be read as a reference to his own re-election.

Peace, one of the two turkeys pardoned by the president last year, was euthanized Monday.

Casey Seiler reached Bigfoot fan Peter Wiemer, who called the media attention that resulted from his exchange with the DEC in a vain attempt to protect Saquatch (Sasquatches?) “good mambo.”

Former Gov. David Paterson will lead a panel of industry heavyweights set to examine Hurricane Sandy’s impact on the future of New York City’s real estate market.

Medicaid IG James Cox held a 22-minute video conference with staffers and urged them to write a letter to the TU following its publication of a story about the agency that was not positive.

The new owner of the Niagara Falls Reporter and the paper’s now-former movie reviewer traded verbal barbs over the owner’s desire not to publish reviews about movies “where women are alpha and men are beta.” More here.

Commissioners who unanimously approved new NYC Council district lines last week were not provided with maps showing last-minute tweaks until an hour before voting for them, according to former Sen. Frank Padavan.

Common Cause/NY doesn’t like that the new lines benefit Assemblyman Vito Lopez and urged the Council and Speaker Chris Quinn to “seriously reconsider” the plan.

Weeks after his re-election, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. announced he would resign his seat in Congress immediately amid treatment for mental illness, stories of marital infidelity and a pair of federal investigations.

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(Judge Gary L. Sharpe said he expects the second trial of ex-Senate
Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno will only last two or three weeks. (AP))

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It appears that Sharpe is NOT going to throw this case out, at least on the defense argument that it smacks of double jeopardy.

US AG Eric H. Holder should review this case; and when he does, he
should tell his Northern District prosecutors to cool it; bury this
case.

gecannonphd

(The ballot count ending Wednesday on Thanksgiving eve gave Amedore a lead of more than 500.)

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It will be very hard for Cecilia Tkaczyk to overcome this lead , even with the Ulster Dem. advantage.

gecannonphd

(Black Friday shopping is bleeding more and more into actual Thanksgiving. (TU))

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“The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.”

Lily Tomlin

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Black Friday is really a modern misnomer…an old term signifying the
holiday season putting most retailers into the black on their earnings.

Let’s change this misnomer!!

Perhaps to “green friday”…green would satisfy the retail management as
green is linked to paper money; and it would thrill the eco-conscious
shoppers.

As of this morning, there are no reports of the shopper stampede
mowing down a security guard, as happened at a LI Wal-Mart in 2010.

As when that happened, the manic shoppers kept running over the poor guy, who did die.

I’m a capitalist…although more of what may be described as a European
social capitalist as opposed to our dominant Wall St. casino
capitalism.

I also believe in local business promotion.

All you shoppers in the Capital region should spend some time strolling
the historical Saratoga Springs Broaday, littered with local boutiques
and locally-owned businesses.

Our peripatetic tough capitalism has built-in creative destruction.

After this holiday season, some of our long-time retailers will announce bankruptcy, or severe downsizing.

By next year, KMart, Sears, Best Buy and others may be placed in a time capsule.

Some analysts, looking at our wide wealth and income inequality, see the
retail future as Wal-Mart, dollar stores, and a Tiffany here and there.

Millions shop on-line and avoid the retail store madness.

In any case, it’s a bear out there; and be careful.

gecannonphd

“Jeb Bush in 2016? Not Too Early for Chatter”
By

JIM RUTENBERG and
JEFF ZELENY, NYT, front page this morning
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Actually, it is too early for this type of chatter about POTUS 2016.
Let’s put 2016 chatter on hold for now, and enjoy the holiday season.

Another member of the Bush family as POTUS?
I don’t think so!!
I hope not!!

Even by 2016, we will still have a hangover from Bush 2, Jeb’s little brother.
Few of us will have a continuing addiction to Bush candidacies; and those that do will be deeply involved in a 12-step program.

The Bush 2 hangover???
Well, the fiscal cliff is made up largely of the 2001-02 tax cuts; the unpaid two wars in Muslim countries costing over $1 trillion, and growing; the unpaid Medicare Part D prescription program, which can threaten Medicaid’s survival; the failed attempt to privatize Social Security; and of course, the 2008 financial-Wall St. meltdown.

Jeb may be considered the white knight of the Bush clan; but his little brother’s POTUS terms have been described as a POTUS that there was no there there…either through incompetence, or corruption, or both.

Where was Jeb during his little brother’s 8 years?

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I’m sure we would disagree on most policy and political issues, but I had precisely the same view: a huge sinking feeling that the GOP Establishment/Country Club Republicans will once again force another RINO on the party as the nominee in 2016.

At some point, even Rockefeller Republicans should wake up and recognize that the definition of insanity is repeating the same errors and expecting a different result. So long as the likes of Paul Singer — an unabashed proponent of same-sex marriage — and some of the pro-business, anti-sovereignty Wilsonians are choosing the GOP nominees, the base will stay home.

The base will accept ONLY a GENUINE conservative in 2016 or the party will split and the Republican Party will become the Third Party in American politics.